When I was KCOU's jazz director, I always liked it when DJs would add enthusiastic plugs for a jazz release to the reviews I'd written. After my positive review of David Sanborn's "Snakes" CD single, one DJ added, "Admitted(ly), it's not as purist as (Sanborn's previous album), "Another Hand," but it's got that groove thang going on and is probably more likely to be played during regular shifts, as well. Jazz DJs--Show the rest of KCOU you're cooler than they are and play this before everyone else does!"
In the day-by-day section of the review sheet which DJs initialed when playing the song, a jazz DJ encapsulated this positivity by writing, "COOL!!," after his initials.
More than a quarter-century later, I still remember that tune's saxophone melody and the slinky pulse the organ adds to the tune. It's gratifying to know that all of our collective rave reviews of "Snakes" are still on the mark.
